A Four Minute Lesson From NPR

Theodore Parker: Of Justice and the Conscience (1852)

Martin Luther King: Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1968)

What Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life’s essentials (Robert Thorson/PBS News Hour).

Throughout his career, Dylan has borrowed from other great American writers. On his new album, it’s Whitman’s turn. (Salon)